people & practices

Adam Knight has been appointed a director of Hugh Broughton Architects.

Alan Atkins, a founding partner of architectural practice Atkins Walters Webster, is to stand down as a senior director.He will continue to work closely with the firm on a consultancy arrangement.David Walters will now chair the board, with John Webster as practice director and Ian Jenkins assisting, and Philip Bevan as an equity director.

Richard Wheeler, associate of Peter Brett Associates, has won the coveted McCarthy & Stone Consultant of the Year Award for his assistance on utility issues.

Buro Happold Disability Design Consultancy has appointed senior access consultant Judith Irving to head the group in the north of England.

Nille Juul-Sorensen, former partner in one of Scandinavia's largest architectural practices KHR AS, will join Arup on 1 August.

Butler and Young, one of the UK's leading firms of corporate approved inspectors, has became part of the BYL Group.

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